Clearview National June 2015 - Issue 163 - Page 45

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Intelligent membrane
cocoons Glasgow University
»»The new Centre for Virus
Research at the University of Glasgow has been
constructed to BREEAM Excellent standards
by a project team embracing some of the best
known names in the UK industry and utilising
an intelligent membrane from the range of
Tremco illbruck to help achieve the required
airtightness and energy performance.
Linear Projects Limited was the subcontractor tasked with wrapping the building’s
complex structure, featuring reinforced concrete
and composite panel elevations, using the
ME501. A total of 7,000 (sub-contractor
says 3-4000) square metres of ME501 was
consumed in completing the work.
Joe MacNamee of Linear Projects recounts:
“We had to apply the ME501 to cement
particle boards – mounted on the SFS (steel
framing system) - as well as concrete surfaces,
both external to the building and in some
interior locations, such as the staircases and
plant rooms. It also went across plasterboard
internally.
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“This was the first time we had used
the illbruck product – which Glasgow
University had specified the use of – and the
manufacturer’s technical representative carried
out a demonstration for our operatives prior
to the installation. We didn’t have to prime
the surfaces and it went on very easily, before
most of it was hidden by the copper coloured
cladding.”
As a result of being preferred to the EPDM
product originally specified, illbruck’s ME501
offers the benefit of being fully vapour
permeable while assisting in making the
structure highly airtight; saving energy and
contributing to the ‘Excellent’ environmental
rating.
tremco illbruck encompasses four brands in
the UK after a worldwide brand reorganisation
– more details can be found at www.tremcoillbruck.co.uk. The brands are TREMCO,
illbruck and Nullifire for the construction
business and PACTAN for the manufacturing
business.
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